Category Archives: Web Dev

Not sure if these are all legit, but here’s a few I have used. https://sitecheck.sucuri.net https://www.siteguarding.com/ http://scanner.pcrisk.com/ https://www.virustotal.com https://app.webinspector.com/ I also created a Norton account, and also use their services, which I’m hoping is legit, useful, accurate, etc. https://safeweb.norton.com

Very interesting article… I spent 3 months applying to jobs after a coding bootcamp. Here’s what I learned. https://medium.freecodecamp.com/5-key-learnings-from-the-post-bootcamp-job-search-9a07468d2331#.fm5i2ipmu Also, here’s a great list of interview questions for front-end folks: https://github.com/h5bp/Front-end-Developer-Interview-Questions

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For the most part, I don’t use Dreamweaver as a code generator or design tool. I used it to write and edit code. These are the things I like about it. If another IDE does all this better, then I am … Continue reading →

All from css-tricks: There are times when a really long string of text can overflow the container of a layout. For example: URL’s don’t typically have spaces in them, so they are often culprits.Here’s a big snippet with all the … Continue reading →

You have a div stacked on another div, and the div below has links that aren’t clickable because of the div on top. Even if the div on top has a transparent background. Try this: pointer-events: none;Important note: if the … Continue reading →

I had a custom form in a WordPress page that submitted to PHP form handler. I needed some type of Captcha style validation function. All the plugins I found used form plugins, and all the PHP scripts I found required … Continue reading →

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Copy file names 1. Highlight one or more files for which you’d like to know the path in Explorer.2. Hold down the shift key, and right-click any of the highlighted files. 3. When the context menu pops up, left click … Continue reading →

Interesting article by Ian Feather. Web fonts can be kind of mess in my opinion, and this article offers some interesting implementation of web fonts that tackle UX issues that haunt us all. http://ianfeather.co.uk/web-fonts-and-the-critical-path/

.htaccess – redirect domain to a subfolder. RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?YourDomain.com$ RewriteRule ^(/)?$ subfolder [L] Here is a working example. This redirects a request for “designbytroy.com” to a subfolder called “designbytroy”. RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?designbytroy.com$ RewriteRule ^(/)?$ designbytroy[L]

I was having a problem with a PDF document showing up in the browser. The PDF was on an Amazon S3 server and it was called from an HTML file. When I clicked on the link, the browser was blank. … Continue reading →